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LARA FREIDENFELDS

Historian of Health, Reproduction, and Parenting in America

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    Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
    • Feb 8, 2017

    Referendum on a Life in the Woods

    For three decades, my dad’s brothers framed houses. The three of them had a small construction business in rural Connecticut. The eldest sometimes led projects as a general contractor, and other times they worked as subcontractors. With their skills and their self-made business, they also built cozy, modest houses for themselves. That part of Connecticut isn’t wealthy. They and their neighbors worked hard to pull together comfortable homes out of a limited rural job market, r
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    Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
    • May 21, 2014

    If the IUD is an Abortifacient, then so is Chemotherapy and Lunch Meat

    When I criticized Hobby Lobby for its attempts to evade the Obamacare contraceptive mandate, a friend of mine thoughtfully replied, “Lara, I don’t think the Hobby Lobby case has anything to do with the daily birth control pill — it is only dealing with not wanting to cover drugs and medical devices that actually “end” a pregnancy after an egg has been fertilized.” She wasn’t so ready to vilify Hobby Lobby for standing on its anti-abortion principles, a position which a substa
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    Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
    • May 15, 2014

    Is Contraception “Health Care”? The Hobby Lobby Case

    As we wait for the Supreme Court to render a decision on the Hobby Lobby contraception coverage case, I have been pondering the historical relationship between contraception and health care. Is it obvious that contraception should be considered part of “health care”? And would it be possible to decide that it isn’t, but still make it affordable and available?… Read the Rest on Nursing Clio #healthcare #BarbaraSeaman #HobbyLobby #birthcontrolpill #contraception #SupremeCourt #
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